SIT OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sit out mean? 

• SIT OUT (verb)
  The verb SIT OUT has 2 senses:

1. not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event)

2. endure to the end

  Familiarity information: SIT OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIT OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event)

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

He sat out the game

Hypernyms (to "sit out" is one way to...):

forbear; refrain (resist doing something)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Endure to the end

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "sit out" is one way to...):

abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

But it is never safe to sit out of doors, my dear.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Elinor, pleased to have her governed for a moment by such a motive, though believing it hardly possible that she could sit out the dinner, said no more; and adjusting her dress for her as well as she could, while Marianne still remained on the bed, was ready to assist her into the dining room as soon as they were summoned to it.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)